Freshmen to take basic skills test for reading, writing

The Georgia Board of Regents voted to require many incoming college freshmen to take a writing and reading test in hopes of catching academic problems more quickly. Traditionally, the test has been taken by sophomores who did not score high enough on the SAT, ACT or Advanced Placement exams or who did not have high grades in basic English courses. Now incoming freshmen who don’t meet those requirements or who score less than a 580 on the English language arts portion of the Georgia High School Graduation Test must take the Regents’ Test either before they begin a state college or in the first few weeks of school. Read more of this article from the accessnorthga.com website.